Dan Istrate is a professor at the Université de Technologie de Compiègne (UTC) within the Biomechanics and Bioengineering Laboratory (BMBI – UMR 7338). As a specialist in biomedical engineering and e-health, he conducts research at the interface between digital technologies, physiological signal processing and connected health. He is head of the e-Biomed platform, dedicated to the development of connected biomedical tools for patient monitoring, prevention and support.

After studying engineering, he obtained a PhD from the Grenoble National Polytechnic Institute (INPG) in 2003, focusing on the detection of distress situations based on the acoustic environment. He then continued his work on multimodal data fusion and was awarded his Habilitation à Diriger des Recherches (HDR) in 2011. His scientific career has gradually shifted towards the application of information and communication technologies in the healthcare sector.

His research focuses on the design of intelligent monitoring and decision-support systems for healthcare, based on the analysis of biomedical signals, machine learning and connected devices. He is particularly interested in enabling older people to remain in their own homes, preventing loss of independence, detecting stress and drowsiness, monitoring chronic conditions, and monitoring pregnancies at risk of preterm birth.

Through the Chair and subsequently the e-Biomed platform, created as part of Sorbonne University’s initiatives in health engineering, he contributes to the development of innovative solutions combining connected sensors, artificial intelligence and remote medical monitoring. His work forms part of an interdisciplinary approach aimed at improving prevention, patient monitoring and the independence of vulnerable individuals.